9:49 PM,
Feb. 17, 2014

Motlow student Naomi Florentino pictured at the school with her NASA Next Generation Pioneer Award.

Written by

Amanda Haggard
| Gannett Tennessee

When Naomi Florentino from Smyrna learned in her freshman year of college that she had received a prestigious scholarship from NASA for robotics, she was thrilled.

She started school at Lipscomb University in the fall of 2008, and she flourished, she said. With $5,000 in hand for her studies - among other donations from family and scholarships - she was ready to tackle a tough engineering degree.